Apple has surprisingly created the basis for Corona warning apps on iPhone 6, 6 Plus and 5s. With the iOS version released on Monday evening 12 5, Apple and Google come together developed interface for Corona encounter messages (Exposure Notification API) on the two older iPhone model series on which iOS 13 and 14 cannot be installed.

Apple wants to promote the spread of corona warnings With this step, the aim is to increase the spread and use of the corona Increase warning systems, stressed Apple. All functions to protect privacy were also built into the older iOS version when the interface was integrated. After activation by the user, iPhones exchange Bluetooth IDs with devices in the vicinity and thus keep a contact log. If a user reports his Covid 13 disease via an official app, should be on all devices A warning message appears to which there was a longer and closer contact (see also questions and answers about the Corona warning app of the federal government).

Leave in Germany the corona encounter messages can only be activated via app, this is currently under iOS 12. 5 not yet possible – the Corona warning app must first be adapted, it currently sets at least iOS 13. 6 ahead. Whether and when the iPhone 6 and 5s will be supported remains open for the time being. Provider of Corona apps that have certain functions in iOS 13 or 14 can also consider using Exposure Notifications Express, notes Apple – that eliminates the need to install an app , the warnings can then be activated directly in the operating system. Some US states rely on this variant.

Corona encounter messages so far only from iOS 13. 5 The corona encounter messages were originally only available from iOS 13. 5, iPhone 6 and 5s were excluded for months. So far, Apple has pointed out that most of the iPhones used support iOS 13. While the iPhone 5s introduced in September 19 will only be used comparatively rarely, the 2014 the following iPhone 6 can be found much more often: Apple brought the iPhone 6 in the year 2017 again in several countries as an entry-level model in the trade, also in Germany. The Corona warning app is the most loaded iPhone app 2020 – iPhones are clearly overrepresented when using the app.

iOS 12. 5 also closes an apparently serious security hole on older iPhones and iPads, according to Apple, where the execution of “unauthorized codes can lead to the violation of authentication guidelines”. Further details are not available.

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